South Carolina Police Officer Shot 4 Times, Man Gets To Prison

ESTILL, SC — A South Carolina police officer was shot four times last year — a harrowing moment recorded by a camera in the officer's glasses — and the shooter has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

A jury convicted Malcolm Orr, 29, of Estill, of attempted murder and possessing a weapon in a violent crime, Solicitor Duffie Stone announced Wednesday. Orr received the maximum sentences.

Estill officer Quincy Smith was responding to a call on New Year's Day 2016 about someone trying to snatch groceries from customers, officials said. Smith spotted Orr walking from the store and ordered him to stop, but Orr instead pulled a gun and fired eight times. (For more information on this and other Across South Carolina stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Bullets broke two bones in Smith's arm, severed a vein in his neck, and passed through his upper torso.

Smith bought the camera himself, Stone said.

Warning: Graphic Video Of Estill Police Officer Shot Four Times

Photo/video credit: Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor's Office